Category | Luxembourg

Luxembourg hotels, inns, restaurants and guest houses

Posted on 24 November 2007

A guide to hotels, inns, restaurants and guest houses is available from the tourist office. Some hotels have special weekend rates from $200 a person, which usually includes all meals from dinner on Friday thru lunch on Sunday. Other hotels start at Eur70 to Eur80 a day, based on double occupancy.
Findel Airport is four miles [...]

Natur Musee - Luxembourg

Posted on 23 November 2007

Natur Musee in Grund houses natural history collections kept in a former prison for women. In Clervaux, Diekirch, Ettelbruck and Wiltz are Battle of the Bulge museums. Exhibits and descriptions cover the crucial World War II battle, much of which was fought across Luxembourg. There is a major American cemetery at Hamm where General George [...]

The annual Dancing Procession - Luxembourg

Posted on 22 November 2007

The annual Dancing Procession in Echternach honors St. Willibrord, who brought Christianity to the region during the 7th century. Each Whituesday, the bishop of Luxembourg leads hundreds of citizens and pilgrims, dancing slowly to a medieval tune, from the banks of the Sére to the basilica housing Willibrord’s remains. The 1998 procession also marked Echternach’s [...]

The National Museum of Art and History

Posted on 21 November 2007

The National Museum of Art and History has major archaeological finds from the Gallo-Roman period. Glass elevators in the new Luxembourg Municipal History Museum take you through 2,000 years of detailed history of the area.
The Municipal Theater offers year-round orchestra and opera performances while the smaller Théâtre des Capucins provides drama and comedies. Every other [...]